The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-02-05
lLLAE EXCHANGE
SATURDAY, EDRUARY ), 1857.
ROBSON VS.. RUTlEDGE.
Editor Exchange :

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We hage before Us reply (writler
by W. ~ Rnhi.ou) to an article We
had published 10 The Arkansas Meth
odist. In this reply Bro. Rooison
proves to be quite II logician, hat after
lis own style. First, he tries to prove
that have lied because | make Il
statement as fact when | have only
heard il. Nav, Bro. Rohison, do
you not know that all the men our
government hangs, it hangs them on
the testimony OF witnesses ? fla jury
waa to receive rs strong testimony
against This evangelist for murder in
the first degree as | had tor what |
wrote it would hang him. There
would he just as much reason in your
saying the jury which condemned
Guiteau lied because the jurymen
did not see him kill Garfield, as there
is in your saying | lied because | had
ouly heard TIL, evangelist was on the
lake running in connection with IL sa>
loon sporIsmen's hotel. Again, if a
jury condemns II man who is not gull.
ty on the testimony Of the witnesses,
does the jury lie? We answer, no!
Then it write these things, they HAYS
ing been given me by the best citizens
of your town, do lie? Aud again
we answer with every reasonable
mind, no!
If Bro. Robson considers himself
this evangelist, why did he not write
4 kind letter asking Tor my authority?
Then if | had failed to have given
any, he would have had some grounds
to have published me as maIiciou,
liar. Instead of him manitesting IA
Christ-iKe spirit, he showed himself,
in private letter to me, to be as fuII
Of malice as poor COW Of green grass
in May. AS Ire said in his uvate
letter to me II Cor YOU have become
quite famous for Il young man by
talking about minister of age |
guess he thought he would become ia
nous 10y publishing IA bOy'preacher Of
few years as Il malicious liar, and do
ing this without foundation OF evl.
dence. When | received Bro. Rohi-
sons letter, notwithstanding it wa,
very rough and unchrlolian.like III
its spirit, | answered it an made HIM
ii fair propositions, | think. | wrote
asking him to write to me ike he was
writing to ii gentleman, aud tell me
wherein | had mlstreated or misrep-
resented him, and Ihat | Was not ON,
willing but would take pleasure Ia
correcting any mistake | had made
80 he wrote me the second letter, nut
without saying anything about where
III | had m!Stre1ted him Ills irrte,
was made up of threats and unust-
about like | expected from him. Nov
can man who has not g0t srn>e
enough To accept of Il fair propo>iuuu
which woui" have set him right "e-
fore The w0rl | ann made ur LETT every E
thing clear in the minds of eVrrybod,
be the man that created 80 much tx
element IN Arkansas during the last
twosummers as an evangelist 1t may
he, as the excitement was not 50 greal
and he grew weaker the last summer.
a man being so ignIraut AS this proc
ably does not know the meaning OF
the word saloon? He proves in hi,
reply that he cannot denue II saloon.
keeper, | may own horse aud have
my friend To keep him for me. may
own "a saloon and have my friend to
keep it for me and at the same time
it would he considered that | was con
neGted with the business, because my
mdfIey is running it, and | am the
owner of the huslnesS while | am not
keeping it. Yonr wife may die and
you may give your child To some good
lady to keep for you Then you are
not keeping YOUR child, hut it is never.
theless your child, and you are con,
nected with that child in certain
sense.
The next point he tries to make is
on my admitting that there may he
mistakes, misunderstanding aud mis-
re presentations Many II man has
been peuned and even hung through
mistakes and misrepresentation, aud
misunderstanding. Aud he who will
Lot admit Of 'hpse things mqkes man
intalli1ie, VIII h is absurd. Aud now,
As Bro. Robinson takes the place uf the
evangelist Hnd comes out M the pul.
verifying machine, he had hrlter re
careful aud zee that his machine does
not do too much Of ils Nnrk on him.
self As be has ground out his first